I used to believe the blood came all at once - didn't understand why you could just sit on the toilet while it came out!
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- when I was young, I heard that blood had iron in it. I thought blood was red because it was rusty.— Hunter
- My father used to call soya sauce "monkey blood". I didn't even consider tasting it for years!— Me
- I used to believe that guns shot out blood because everytime somebody shot a gun in a movie you saw blood.Anon
- For many years I didn't understand why everyone was talking about the 'youth in Asia' (euthanasia).Anon
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- i used to think that popstars didn't go to the toilet! LOL!— hello